Listen to a song from "THE ACHE OF POSSIBILITY" on LR'S JUKE BOX on the left side of this website under the photo.

Songs

How You Gonna Save ’Em? - I Want to Live to Love You - The Ache of Possibility - The Middle Class (Used to Be) Blues - Winter Daze - Love in Short Supply (A Statement on Conservation) - On That Day - Choices - I Need You - Don’t Hold Me Back - A Lover’s Melody - Love of Song

I want to live to love you / Want to show you somehow every day / Want to keep our world a safe cocoon/And sweep your blues away

I want to live to love you/ Want to hide out in our unmade bed / Offer licorice kisses for your lips / While love songs fill your head

I never imagined that our summer fling / Was anything more than us just passing through / Picture my surprise discovering / That the song I sing is a song for you (2nd x: That the song I sing is a song I sing for you)

I want to live to love you / That's a promise I will guarantee / Always young is how our love will grow / If you'll grow old with me / What an ending when our story's told / If you'll grow old with me

All too long I watched a world gone wrong / Years and years I watched a world gone wrong / A president with no sense of shame / A trumped up war in freedom's name / All too long I watched a world gone wrong

Far too long I watched a world gone mad / Years and years I watched a world gone mad / One man kills, another prays / Each awaits the end of days / White or brown, the goal's the same / Light the fire, then fan the flame / Far too long I watched a world gone mad

But I know / The ache of possibility is now / Once again, we plant the seed and speed the plow / Shed our sorrow / Stake a claim for the soul of tomorrow

All too long we let the lies go down / Our own fault, we let the lies go down / Ruthless power, hidden schemes / Nightmare stuff of waking dreams / Smoking gun or mushroom cloud / Easy lies to say out loud / Perfect words to stir the crowd

Incompetence with every lie / Soldiers and civilians die / Money can't relieve our fear / And billions disappear each year / Profit for some profiteer / And all too long we let it happen here

But I know the ache of possibility again / There's work to do / We say a prayer and then / Shed our sorrow / Stake a claim for the soul of tomorrow

The bible says to seek and ye shall find / Mathew VII: Seek and ye shall find / Facts are there at our command / Private sale of public land / A tax break for the one-percent while poor folk sweat to pay their rent

From Baghdad down to New Orleans /Photo ops and phony scenes / Talking heads as go-betweens / Bloviate on TV screens / They say the ends will justify the means / I know the ends won’t justify the means

And I know the ache of disappointments yet to come / Still we have to raise our voice and beat the drum / Shed our sorrow / Stake a claim for the soul of tomorrow

Yes I know / The ache of possibility is now / Once again we plant a seed and speed the plow / Shed our sorrow / Stake a claim for the soul of tomorrow / The soul of tomorrow / The soul of tomorrow

My rent's not paid / And my pay's been docked / And what my doctor told me / Well, it left me kind of shocked / He said, "I read about your condition in the news / You've got those 'Used To Be In The Middle-Class' Blues"

My shoes need soles / And my soul needs love / But my love needs money like a cold hand needs a glove / So it's shoes or love, I guess I gotta choose / Got those "Used To Be In The Middle-Class" Blues

The I.R.S. expects its money C.O.D. / My I.R.A., all I can say is R.I.P. / Those bank stocks that I banked on, they've gone up in smoke / My broker called today to say "You're broker than broke"

Doctor, fix me up / 'Cause this fix I'm in has me back in drink / And the ice is getting thin / 'Cause I'm losing ground and I've got no ground to lose / Got those "Used To Be In The Middle-Class" Blues

My son's 529 Plan's going M.I.A / My pulse rate is the opposite of A.O.K. / I see rows and rows of red ink where there once was black / Stare into the abyss too long, it's gonna stare back

Got to find some cook who can cook my books / Like those Wall Street analysts and mortgage lending crooks / Lots of laws and regulations to abuse / And I'm sick to death of writing I.O.U.'s / Got those "Used To Be In The Middle-Class, mad as hell, you can bet your ___" / Those "Used To Be In The Middle-Class" Blues

I need you / Like a seed needs the rain / Love, I need you / Like pleasure needs pain / Oh, I need you / I need to have you here in my life / I need you / Like yang needs some yin / Love, I need you / Like confession needs sin / Oh, I need you / I need to have you here in my life

Like Paul needed John / And John needed Paul / Like a ball needs a gown / And a base needs a ball / Like a thief needs the night / And a knight needs a grail / We were meant to be together / The sooner the better

I need you / Like a bird needs a nest / Love, I need you / Like lemon needs zest / Oh, I need you / I need to have you here in my life / I need you / Like a skier needs snow / Love, I need you / Like a soul needs to grow / Oh, I need you / I need to have you here in my life

Like a baker needs flour /A flower needs a stem / Like an "I" needs a "we" / And an "us" needs a "them" / Like a phone needs a ring / And a ring needs a gem / We were meant to be together / The sooner the better / I need you / I need you / I need you / I need to have you here in my life

Like Michelle needs Barack / And Barack needs Michelle / Like a well needs a spring / And a wish needs a well / Like a skeptic needs faith / And a preacher needs Hell / We were meant to be together / The sooner the better

I need you / Like a beach needs a wave / Love, I need you / Like a bear needs a cave / Oh, I need you / Like a painter needs oil / Love, I need you / Like a pot needs to boil / Oh, I need you / Like a lover needs spice / Hmm, I need you / Like naughty needs nice / Oh, I need you / I need to have you here in my life / I need to have you here in my life / I need to have you here in my life / I need to have you here in my life

A song to sing to see you through some cold and sleepless night / A simple song to bless the morning light

I know sometimes we sugar-coat how scared we feel / Nothing works and we're tempted to flee / But you and me, we can put our shoulders to this wheel / And spin this lover's melody

A song to sing to light the road some long and anxious day / A simple song to soothe and send you on your way

There's no reason to grieve about what might have been / We have vision to see what might be / And have no fear, 'cause I got your back through thick and thin / I promise you will heal with me / And sing this lover's melody / Sing this lover's melody

Stretch your wings and shed your skin / Hear my voice above the din / Song may be the remedy / For love is such a mystery / And you are all the world to me / That's my song / That's my lover's melody